Filed under: Security, Windows
Windows WMF vulnerability FAQ
by Jordan Running Jan 2nd 2006 at 2:05PM
The SANS Internet Storm Center has posted an FAQ about the
WMF exploit that has been making the rounds lately. It says that all versions of Windows are affected and that even
if you don't use Internet Explorer you may not be protected. On the ISC blog Tom Liston writes, "This is a bad situation that will only
get worse. The very best response that our collective wisdom can create is contained in this advice—unregister
shimgvw.dll and use the unofficial patch. You need to trust us." Instructions for using the patch and
unregistering the DLL can be found in the FAQ.[Via The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
